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'''Hepple and Co''' of North Shields was a small shipbuilding yard | '''Hepple and Co''' of North Shields was a small shipbuilding yard. Also Hepples | ||
1865 "Thomas Hepple and Son, of Low Walker, will launch a new steam ferry boat for the Tyne Commissioners, next week" | 1865 "Thomas Hepple and Son, of Low Walker, will launch a new steam ferry boat for the Tyne Commissioners, next week" | ||
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Hepple and Co of North Shields was a small shipbuilding yard. Also Hepples
1865 "Thomas Hepple and Son, of Low Walker, will launch a new steam ferry boat for the Tyne Commissioners, next week"
1872 T. Hepple and Co, Low Walker, Newcastle-on-Tyne[1].
1884 The yard was established
1899 Incorporated as a limited liability company and moved to South Shields. It was next to Brigham and Cowan. They specialised in paddle tugs, steam trawlers and small of craft of shallow draft. It had two berths of 100 and 150 feet in length.
1905 Engine for PS Rixton on the Manchester Ship Canal
1909 A small centre-bucket dredger was built for China
1919 A new company, Hepples (1919) Limited was incorporated
1920 A tug boat for Turkey was built in kit form
1922 Directors: M. Thompson (Chairman ), G. T. Gillie, S. Marshall, C. Macdonald, J. L. Richardson, C. H. Smith and W. T. Hepple (Managing ). Sec.: R. L. Brown. Manufactures.—Ships and marine engines.
1924 Having operated as mainly a ship repairer, the yard was sold to Brigham and Cowan their neighbours. The company went into voluntary liquidation.
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ The Commercial Directory and Shippers Guide, 1872
- British Shipbuilding Yards. 3 vols by Norman L. Middlemiss
- Stationary Steam Engines of Great Britain by George Watkins. Vol 10
- The Engineer of 23rd March 1866 p224
- The National Archives BT 31/16160/61153
- The National Archives BT 31/24418/153308
- London Gazette 13 June 1924